N.Y. Education Law § 2590-k: Contracts with city university of New York for administration of high schools

§ 2590-k. Contracts with city university of New York for

administration of high schools. 1. The city board and the city

university of New York are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into

a contract or contracts whereby such university will administer not more

than five high schools under the jurisdiction of the city board selected

from among those schools which exhibit the greatest degree of

disadvantage as measured by such factors as the proportion of students

earning general diplomas, the percentage of students reading below grade

level, the attrition rate, the proportion of students residing in

officially designated poverty areas, and similar measures.

2. Such contract may provide for the delegation by the city board of

any of its functions, powers, and duties or of a community board, or

those of the chancellor or a community superintendent, in connection

with the operation of such high schools, to the city university of New

York, except the power to appoint or terminate the employment of any

employee. The terms and conditions of employment shall continue to

remain under the jurisdiction of the city board.

3. The provisions of section sixty-two hundred nine of this chapter

with respect to the apportionment of public school moneys shall be

applicable to the high schools included in any such contract or

contracts.